Airship.



E. F. FISHER.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED 1123.15. 1912.

Patented sept; IG, 1912.

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Speciication of Letters Eatent.

.application led April 15, 1912. Serial No. 690,965.

To all whom 'it rome-ruf it lrnewn l, lijm/vano "FISHER, a 1 eitizen o the. United tstes, and a resident oit San Blogo, in the county of San Diego State ot California, have invented oertain new and useful l .iprorements in Airships, ott which the following is a speciiica tion.

lily invention relates to airships of the aeroplane type andmore particularly to the -niultiplane type, and the objects of my inveution are, ,tiret to Aprovide an aeroplane in which the planes may he shifted to various positions relatively to the load, for maintaining the lateral balance, and for raising and lowering the machine, second, to provide a propeller means which is shifted automatically for the purpose et changing the posi ot the propellers inthe air on a large radius, so that they are always working in an undisturbed area to their efficiency and which may also he manually shifted. into 'various positions and held there for the 'same purposes, d, to provide an airship in whieh the load is suspended ona support the 'top plane and located below the plane, fourth, to provide a means for the operator.y lilith, to provide,v ion planes .to he attached it desired. "ih and other objects in view as r, my invention eonsist-s of certain novel ieatures weinist-ruction, combination and arrangement or 'parts as will be hereinafter desorihed in detail and particularly set in the appended claims, reference heing to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon, which torna a part ot this speciiication, in which f is ifrontelevational view of my u onine, complete., and showing by dotted inesthe ent-ra plano mounted thereon, Fig. 's a sectional view through ii- B oit Fig'. l, i l TW L is a det-ail view ng mechanism, L, and liig, 6 is a view thepropeller lever of reference reiter to out the several views.

- 9 t?, front orte 8, carriage mechanism l0, li, shield i2, i the The planes l, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are spaced apart, one above the other a sutahle'distance, and are held in their positions oy means of the bars 17, connecting their outer ends, and the supports S on their inner ends. The plane l is a one-piece plane and the remainder of the planes are made in two pieces, leaving a space in the middle which gradually widens from the upper plane toward the lower plane, as shown best in Fig. l. In this space between the supports S and 8 is pivotally mounted the frame 9 which is mounted near the top plane in such a manner as to allow the planes to he shifted pivotally thereon. This frame 9 is mounted on wheels 9a. Connecting with the inner ends of the plane 4C and extending across from one portion to the other is a bar el, which is provided with a central plunger 1Q which is supported by means oi U-bar t and is provided with a spring la adapted to ythrust said plunger downwardly. Mount-ed on this har la are also hell-cranks le and if which are lconnected by means of the rods llg. rlhe one member of each of the hell-cranks @engages with the plunger ab and is adapted to raise said plunger when the loose member of the hell-crank efis operated. Immediately below the har da, on the frame 9 is mounted a piece 9b, oy means of braces 90. This piece 9b is provided with a plurality ot' holes il adapted for the lower extended end of the plunger el. These holes are for the purpose of holding the bar da in a certain relative position to the piece 9b by means ontl the plunger ab, thus providing a mea-ns for holding the planes in certain relative positions to the carriage 9. The propeller and engine support ll is pivotally mounted in said frame near thetop at point lia, and is suspended therefrom hy means of. bars l1b which are rigidly attached to said support il. Mounted on each end ofsaid support isan engine 13 and directly connected thereto are the propellers la. This support ll is provided with downwardly extending members 1l which are provided. on' their lower extended ends with a slide iid, which operates between the two guide hars lle, mounted on the lower horizontal iframe piece 91. Also mounted on one of these pieces il@ is a controlling arm llf which is provided with a plurality of holes adapted for a plunger 11g. rfinis, controlling arm lli is adapted to hold said support il various positions. ltsupper surn Patenten sept. io, raie.v

tace concentric with the pivot point 11a. Mounted on -the propeller support 1l is a wind shield l2, adapted to shield the operator from the wind from the propeller when the airship is in motion.

In Fig. l there is provided an extraplane l5 which is mounted on the top of plane l and spaced apart therefrom, by means of braces ll. This plane is for the purpose of adding to the maintenance of the machine if desired.

rIlhoug'h I have shown and described a particular construction and arrangement of parts, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction and arrangement, but desire to include in the purview of my invention the construction and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

It will be readily seen that with this construction, there is provided an airship of the aeroplane type in which the planes may be readily tilted laterally in either direction for maintaining the lateral balance; but if desired they may be fastened in a certain relative position'to the load; that they .may be tilted forward and backward for raising and lowering the machine and may be fastened in their various tilted positions relative to said load g that the propellers may be manually shifted to various positions or angles and be fastened in those various positions; that in starting the machine, the prol'iellers may be shifted forward on a radius with the pivot pointlla, for the purpose of causing the machine to rise and when started the wind pressure will automatically move said propellers concentric with said pivot point until they reach the proper position, or this movement may be stopped by the operator by thrusting the plunger llg into one of the holes in the arm llf; that the shield provides a protection `tor the 'operator from the wind .from the trontpropeller.

Iiaving thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. Anf airship, eoi'iuuisiiig a plurality of planes spaced apart one above the other, a carriage pivotally mounted thereon, near the upper plane and extending below the lower plane, ay space being cut away in said planes tor vsaid carriage and propelling means pivotally mounted on said carriage adapted to be radially shifted for propelling said machine.

2. An airship, comprising a plurality o t planes spaced apart one above the other, provided with a wedge shaped space in the middle of said ship, a carriage pivotally mounted therein near the upper plane, and extending below the lower plane, engine and propelling` means pi votally mounted on said carriage for propelliimj said machine and means tor holdingr said propellers in certain positions around said pivoted mounting.

An airship, comprising a plurality of planes spaced apart one above the other, having a 'space provided in the middle of the lower three planes, a carriage pivotally mounted thereon in said space near the npper plane and extending below the lower plane, means adapted to Facilitate the shitting of said planes and for holding them in shifted positions, and propellingmeans pivotally mounted on said carriage for propelling said machine.

el.. An airship con'iprisinn` a plurality of planes spaced apart one above the other, having the upper plane entire and the other divided into two sections near the middle o provide a wedge shaped space therein, a carriage pivotally mounted thereon in. said space near the upper plane and extending below the lower plane, a. propelling means pivotally mounted on said carriage for propelling said machine, and a wind shield adapted to protect the operator from the wind.

5. An airship, comprising a plurality of planes spaced apart one above the other, a carriage pi votally mounted thereon, near the upper plane and extending below the lower plane, a space being cut away in said planes for said carriage, double. propelling means pivotally mounted on said carriage for propelling said machine, adapted to be shifted simultaneously and to automatically shift.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed m'y name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD F. FISHER- Witnesses:

ABRAM B. BOWMAN, GEORGE (I. HUTING. 

